Congratulations on locating Kidsafe House – not an easy place to find. Hope you got lots of useful pamphletts about children and safety. It is astounding that the major cause of death in children under 10 is accidents – and of course many of these would be preventable, hence the public awareness campaigns by Kidsafe.
Hope you all gained ideas and confidence to discuss art works with preschoolers. It was reassuring to know that we do not need to be art critics but to just bring the painting to life with questions and assisting the children develop observation skills. I thought it was a good point that the guide made about the gallery choosing not to have many craft activities, but to focus on observing as the activity with resources such as textured material to assist this process.
We were lucky to have such a lovely day to explore the gardens in autumn sunshine.
Hope you got some ideas about excursions to the gardens for preschoolers, which places to take them and how to organise their day. Also ideas for nature activities in centres and how to use the resources of the Education centre.
Also remember to post your comments on the relevant visit post. eg Royal Botanic Gardens. It is easier for everyone to read a post about the visit there rather than in “Hello Stage 3″ post. Pleased Lakee and Karina enjoyed the Muesum visit, so much to see and do for children.
Wasn’t it great to see how the museum is now accessible to 3-5′s and employs an Early Childhood Education Coordinator. I was especially interested in the Sue Dockett project with 2 and 3 year olds taking photos with digital cameras and capturing the things that interested them.
What are your thoughts? ( Select “post a comment” at top of relevant post for each visit.)
Also all your comments should now appear on the site, after a few technical problems. Just select “read comments” at top of relevant post to read student comments. Thanks to Tu, Karina, Marianne, Lakee, Gabriella, Cihan and Adrianna for comments. Lakee and Gabriella are embracing blogging with a few interesting comments – good work gals!
Sorry I couldn’t attend the session but you gave me a clear account of Good Beginnings as an organisation, and Cihan is even thinking of volunteering. So if your post relates to commenting on Good Beginnings – Write your comments here.
I find that I learn something new each time I visit Vision Australia. Last time I learnt that children who are born blind need to be taught how to hold their head up and maintain normal posture because they are not stimulated by vision to look head. Maintaining normal posture helps their acceptance by others.
What did you learn or what questions would you like to raise? Bronwyn 21/3/09
What are your thoughts about using the Lady Gowrie Resource centre in your work as early childhood educators?
There were a few problems with the blog but it now seems to be working and Lakee, Gabriella and Elodie have got us off to a good start with comments. Pleased you enjoyed David’s Voice and Drama workshop. I shall try to make a new post for each visit so your comments will relate to that excursion. Bronwyn 5/3/09
Welcome to Sydneyinstituteonline.net. ! This is the space for you to write your reflections on your field visits/ workshops/presentations by visitors. How did you find the experience.? How could this organisation be useful to you as an early childhood educator? What did you learn? What are you thoughts? Note that you can make comments (professional) about other student’s posts.
Write a post and your name and date. You can include pictures if you wish.
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